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* AnimatedMusicVideo: The [[https://vimeo.com/21546365 CGI video]] [[note]]warning for some [[EpilepticFlashingLights flashing imagery]][[/note]] for "Gantz Graf" was animated with the program [=LightWave=] 3D.

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* AnimatedMusicVideo: The experimental [[https://vimeo.com/21546365 CGI video]] [[note]]warning for some [[EpilepticFlashingLights flashing imagery]][[/note]] for "Gantz Graf" was animated with the program [=LightWave=] 3D.



** UncommonTime: Some of their material distances itself from the 4/4 time as well, notably the 5/4 "Cichli" on ''Chiastic Slide'' and the 7/4... "777" on ''[=LP5=]''.



* FakeOutFadeOut: "Parhelic Triangle" on ''Confield'' ends with the percussion fading out, right before it fades back in and [[LastNoteNightmare drowns itself into buzzing noise]].



* FakeOutFadeOut: "Parhelic Triangle" on ''Confield'' ends with the percussion fading out, right before it fades back in and [[LastNoteNightmare drowns itself into buzzing noise]].



* IndecipherableLyrics: On the few occasion that an Autechre song will have vocals, they'll be distorted to the point of being unintelligible. "IO" from ''Quaristice'' in particular is this from start to finish.


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* IndecipherableLyrics: On the few occasions that an Autechre song will have vocals, they'll be distorted to the point of being unintelligible. "IO" from ''Quaristice'' in particular is this from start to finish.


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* UncommonTime: While they usually use CommonTime, some of their material distances itself from 4/4, notably the 5/4 "Cichli" on ''Chiastic Slide'' and the 7/4... "777" on ''[=LP5=]''.
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* AnimatedMusicVideo: The [[https://vimeo.com/21546365 CGI video]] [[note]]warning for some [[EpilepticFlashingLights flashing imagery]][[/note]] for "Gantz Graf" was animated with the program [=LightWave=] 3D.


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* MickeyMousing: The music video for "Gantz Graf" depicts an abstract metallic object being transformed throughout the song, its movements painstakingly animated to create a frame-perfect sync with the song's complex structure.
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** The Warp catalogue numbers of ''[=SIGN=]'' and ''[=PLUS=]'' add up to fourteen if you add them digit by digit (3+2+9 and 3+3+8), implying both are the fourteenth album. ''[=SIGN=]'' in particular has a song outright called "au14".

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** The Warp catalogue numbers of ''[=SIGN=]'' ''SIGN'' and ''[=PLUS=]'' ''PLUS'' add up to fourteen if you add them digit by digit (3+2+9 and 3+3+8), implying both are the fourteenth album. ''[=SIGN=]'' ''SIGN'' in particular has a song outright called "au14".



* FakeOutFadeOut: "Perhelic Triangle" on ''Confield'' ends with the percussion fading out, right before it fades back in and [[LastNoteNightmare drowns itself into buzzing noise]].

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* FakeOutFadeOut: "Perhelic "Parhelic Triangle" on ''Confield'' ends with the percussion fading out, right before it fades back in and [[LastNoteNightmare drowns itself into buzzing noise]].

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* ''Quaristice (Versions)'' (2008)



* ''Digital Exclusive EP'' (2008) - [[NoExportForYou Japan-exclusive]], includes two songs from ''Quaristice (Versions)'' and one new track, "Blyz Castl"



* ''AE_LIVE'' (2015)
* ''Warp Tapes 89-93'' (2019)

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* ''AE_LIVE'' (2015)
(2015-2022)
* ''Warp Tapes 89-93'' (2019)(2019) - available for free on Autechre's Bleep Store



* GenreRoulette: Seriously, compare ''Amber'' to ''Confield.'' Website/ThatOtherWiki has. It's difficult to pick out at times, but Autechre's love for classic hip-hop from both the UK and the US is very apparent throughout their catalogue; it's whatever chaos they decide to lay ''over top of'' those rhythmic and sonic foundations that makes this trope.

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* GenreRoulette: Seriously, compare ''Amber'' to ''Confield.'' ''Confield''. Website/ThatOtherWiki has. It's difficult to pick out at times, but Autechre's love for classic hip-hop from both the UK and the US is very apparent throughout their catalogue; it's whatever chaos they decide to lay ''over top of'' those rhythmic and sonic foundations that makes this trope.



* IndecipherableLyrics: On the few occasion that an Autechre song will have vocals, they'll be distorted to the point of being unintelligible. "IO" frim ''Quaristice'' in particular is this from start to finish.

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* IndecipherableLyrics: On the few occasion that an Autechre song will have vocals, they'll be distorted to the point of being unintelligible. "IO" frim from ''Quaristice'' in particular is this from start to finish.



* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Autechre's Max patches can theorethically evolve for a long while, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5hT3kVyIc8 as demonstrated on their Twitch streams]]. A good on-album example would be "Perlence Subrange 6-36," a slowed-down stem from the original "Perlence" (specifically from its' ending) slowly evolving for about an hour.
* MinimalisticCoverArt: Possibly the poster child of this trope. [[http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=47276 This is the cover]] of their most popular album, ''Tri Repetae'', even the back cover is plain.
* MusicalisInterruptus: Over a third of Autechre's discography tends to end its' songs abruptly - usually mid-beat.

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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Autechre's Max patches can theorethically theoretically evolve for a long while, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5hT3kVyIc8 as demonstrated on their Twitch streams]]. A good on-album example would be "Perlence Subrange 6-36," a slowed-down stem from the original "Perlence" (specifically from its' ending) slowly evolving for about an hour.
* MeaningfulName: Out of context, "6852" seems like a pretty run-of-the-mill name for an Autechre track. This, however, was an exclusive song made for [=ATP=] Concerts's ''Made in Japan'' event to benefit the victims of the 2011 Japanese tsunami disaster. A country that consists of '''6852''' islands.
* MinimalisticCoverArt: Possibly the poster child of this trope. [[http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=47276 This is the cover]] of their most popular album, ''Tri Repetae'', even not counting the sticker. Even the back cover is plain.
** The only thing that distinguishes ''Anti [=EP=]'' from being completely minimalist to ''Tri Repetae''[='s=] look is that it's not a TextlessAlbumCover.
* MusicalisInterruptus: Over a third of Autechre's official discography tends to end its' songs abruptly - usually mid-beat.
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** Reportedly, ''[=SIGN=]'' and ''[=PLUS=]'' might've been both named after "sean pls", [[https://forum.watmm.com/topic/98461-sean-pls/ a We Are The Music Makers Forums meme]] referencing, in this context, Sean Booth.

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** UncommonTime: Some of their material distances itself from the 4/4 time as well, notably the 5/4 "Cichli" on ''Chiastic Slide''.

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** UncommonTime: Some of their material distances itself from the 4/4 time as well, notably the 5/4 "Cichli" on ''Chiastic Slide''.Slide'' and the 7/4... "777" on ''[=LP5=]''.



* FakeOutFadeOut: "Perhelic Triangle" on ''Confield'' ends with the percussion fading out, right before it fades back in and [[LastNoteNightmare drowns itself into buzzing noise]].



* HiddenTrack: ''[=LP5=]'' has an untitled droning song after 12 minutes of silence on [="Drane2"=]. ''[=EP7=]'', conversely, has something similar at the polar opposite end of the album, being concealed in the pre-gap portion of "Rpeg".



** Furthermore, three of Autechre's early [=EPs=] each had their own quirk when it came to naming the songs on them. On ''Garbage'', each track's name is followed by the suffix "-mx" and a number which represented how much of the EP the song took up as a percentage. On ''Envane'' every track name ended with the word "quarter", and on ''Anvil Vapre'' each track name begins with the word "Second".
* IndecipherableLyrics: On the few occasion that an Autechre song will have vocals, they'll be distorted to the point of being unintelligible. The closest they've ever gotten to having understandable lyrics is "IO".
* InNameOnly: ''[=EP7=]'' and ''Move of Ten'', both ostensibly [=EPs=], are similar in length to an average album. Taken to extremes with ''Quaristice.Quadrange.ep.ae'' - a digital-only "[=EP=]" that contains not one, but three ''Envane''-length [=EP=]s and, on top of that, "Perlence Subrange 6-36" on its' own.

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** Furthermore, three of Autechre's early [=EPs=] [=EP's=] each had their own quirk when it came to naming the songs on them. On ''Garbage'', each track's name is followed by the suffix "-mx" and a number which represented how much of the EP the song took up as a percentage. On ''Envane'' every track name ended with the word "quarter", and on ''Anvil Vapre'' each track name begins with the word "Second".
* IndecipherableLyrics: On the few occasion that an Autechre song will have vocals, they'll be distorted to the point of being unintelligible. The closest they've ever gotten "IO" frim ''Quaristice'' in particular is this from start to having understandable lyrics is "IO".
finish.
* InNameOnly: ''[=EP7=]'' and ''Move of Ten'', both ostensibly [=EPs=], are similar in length to an average album. Taken to extremes with ''Quaristice.Quadrange.ep.ae'' - a digital-only "[=EP=]" that contains not one, but three ''Envane''-length [=EP=]s [=EP=]'s and, on top of that, "Perlence Subrange 6-36" on its' own.



* MinimalisticCoverArt: Possibly the poster child of this trope. [[http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=47276 This is the cover]] of their most popular album, ''Tri Repetae'', even the back cover is plain too.

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* MinimalisticCoverArt: Possibly the poster child of this trope. [[http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=47276 This is the cover]] of their most popular album, ''Tri Repetae'', even the back cover is plain too.plain.
* MusicalisInterruptus: Over a third of Autechre's discography tends to end its' songs abruptly - usually mid-beat.



** ''Oversteps'', which was influenced by grime and dubstep.
* NoNameGiven: Their fifth album does not have an actual name. It's usually called ''[=LP5=]'', to match ''[=EP7=]'', which was released around the same time.

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** ''Oversteps'', which was influenced in part by grime and dubstep.
dubstep, but being overall more melodic than its' predecessors (and successors).
* NoNameGiven: Their fifth album does not have an actual name. It's usually called name, though [=WARP=] and the Bleep Store list it as ''[=LP5=]'', similarly to match ''[=EP7=]'', which was released around the same time.its' accompanying album ''[=EP7=]''.



* RearrangeTheSong: All over the place with ''Quaristice''[='s=] accompanying albums, ''Quaristice (Versions)'' and ''Quaristice.Quadrange.ep.ae''. ''Quadrange'' in particular adds a whopping '''five''' versions of "Perlence", up to a total of seven.



** According to Ian Anderson, the chaotic text kerning on ''Quaristice''[='s=] cover art was inspired by old [=DOS=] disk defragmentation programs.



* TitleByNumber: "444" and "777".
* WordPureeTitle: Most song titles range anywhere from "Perlence" and "Cipater" to "Cep puiqMX" and "[=DekDre=] Scap B". Some of those titles might be references to other things.

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* TitleByNumber: "444" "444", "777" and "777".
"6852".
* WordPureeTitle: Most song titles range anywhere from "Perlence" and "Cipater" to "Cep puiqMX" and "[=DekDre=] Scap B". Some of those titles might could be references to other things.

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